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the u.s. strategic command and deputy director of the missile defense agency reviewed the results and status and finally of record of the vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and the director of cade receives individual updates. with the completion of the study the results will be briefed by the requirements oversight council and missile defense executives of lord and finally the deputy secretary advisory working group for approval. we are in that phase right now and of the schedule holds it will complete this week. this is a rather laborious structure the world move quite smoothly and we found it's effective in getting combat command service system developer input. it helped keep our efforts coherent and complete as we work through the factors. as i mentioned earlier, nato has just taken the decision of ballistic missile defense as the core elements of our collective defense. the u.s. the dutch delegation for the air defense and nato i spend a significant amount of time discussing the p
the u.s. strategic command and deputy director of the missile defense agency reviewed the results and status and finally of record of the vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and the director of cade receives individual updates. with the completion of the study the results will be briefed by the requirements oversight council and missile defense executives of lord and finally the deputy secretary advisory working group for approval. we are in that phase right now and of the schedule holds...
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more than 30 years ago the u.s. department of health education and welfare crafted basic privacy principles called the fair information practice principles the have become the basis for comprehensive privacy laws and many industrialized nations as well as specific sector laws in the united states. the department of commerce recently called called for adoption of the principles to the internet. we endorse the use of the fair information practices as well. in addition, the private-sector has developed innovative solutions like the do not track mechanism. these mechanisms need to be backed by the force of the law. we reject any approach that is solely on the self regulation by companies. self regulation by itself is a failed approach. it has allowed the current data collection practices to four . consumers want change. surveys show 67% rejected the idea that advertisers should be able to match ads based on specific websites consumers visit. and 61% believe the practices were not justified even if they kept the cost dow
more than 30 years ago the u.s. department of health education and welfare crafted basic privacy principles called the fair information practice principles the have become the basis for comprehensive privacy laws and many industrialized nations as well as specific sector laws in the united states. the department of commerce recently called called for adoption of the principles to the internet. we endorse the use of the fair information practices as well. in addition, the private-sector has...
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can you talk a little bit about as a result of their trip last week, what adjustments you feel the u.s. military needs to be making right now and needs to be working on because of the changes and events in terms of the u.s. oteri relationship with any of these countries? secretary gates, a baker advice on that as well. >> i'm not sure about some significant adjustments right away. i think it's really important to stay engaged with them and as i said listen to what their concerns are. they actually want us to stay with them milks the mill. i want to see, you know, the assistance immediately cut off. they won a chance in their own countries to work on this kind of change specifically. i've engaged my counterparts a number of time. they greatly appreciate the relationship and are working their way through it and they appreciate the support. it is really for them to work for this and they want to sustain the relationship. we may have to adjusted over time, but they're certainly not calling for any significant change right now. >> i would say can i just pick up on the chairman's point. i th
can you talk a little bit about as a result of their trip last week, what adjustments you feel the u.s. military needs to be making right now and needs to be working on because of the changes and events in terms of the u.s. oteri relationship with any of these countries? secretary gates, a baker advice on that as well. >> i'm not sure about some significant adjustments right away. i think it's really important to stay engaged with them and as i said listen to what their concerns are. they...
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people when asked about an medicaid costs costs were better. >> after 2017 u.s. fewer poor people than today? your medicaid costs will go down. >> l. actually go out because i'm going to put all these people on medicaid until the affordable care act that are not on it now. >> let me put it in terms of law. under the affordable care act, people eligible will have a family of four with the maximum coverage under the increase under the affordable care act. starting in 2017 when the federal government stops absorbing 100% and is worth 95% of that. if your number of poor people goes down a sufficient amount, if you're a good governor, your medicaid costs will go down down down >> definition of poor and eligible for medicaid are two different things. the number of people eligible for medicaid will go up. >> 30,000 for a family of four will be the new limit. if it goes down, fewer poor people, lower medicaid. i would endeavor that. not gentleman's time has expired. >> that's exactly the number eight gave you. >> the gentleman's time has expired. the chair recognizes dr.
people when asked about an medicaid costs costs were better. >> after 2017 u.s. fewer poor people than today? your medicaid costs will go down. >> l. actually go out because i'm going to put all these people on medicaid until the affordable care act that are not on it now. >> let me put it in terms of law. under the affordable care act, people eligible will have a family of four with the maximum coverage under the increase under the affordable care act. starting in 2017 when...
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under 1944 treaty, the u.s. gets 90% of the colorado's water and mexico gets 10%, and no water left over for the delta. as a result, the mighty colorado no longer flows to california. the delta that once covered 2 million acres is reduced to 10% of the original size, less than 1%, a tenth of a percent of the water that reached the delta reaches it today, and that water is by accident. it comes from
under 1944 treaty, the u.s. gets 90% of the colorado's water and mexico gets 10%, and no water left over for the delta. as a result, the mighty colorado no longer flows to california. the delta that once covered 2 million acres is reduced to 10% of the original size, less than 1%, a tenth of a percent of the water that reached the delta reaches it today, and that water is by accident. it comes from
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states couldn't cover illegal aliens, but we said if he wanted to restrict benefits for medicaid to a u.s. citizens or legal residence we gave you the right to do that. our friends on the democratic side changed that verification program to basically self reformation. if you see that you're eligible, you are eligible. governor barbour, with one reform of medicaid that we should consider going back and giving states the right to actually verify citizenship before their extended medicaid benefits? >> yes, sir. >> governor herbert? >> absolutely. i think i would just make sense. >> governor patrick? >> we do it already. >> you think you do it all ready. i would like to see your program because if you do your the only seed in the nation that does. so i appreciate that. there has been quite a bit of talk in the last congress of states beginning to opt out of medicaid because it is too expensive. what would the tipping point be if we don't change the current health care law? where would states began to seriously think about opting out? at what point of their budget is in texas for a simple 25%
states couldn't cover illegal aliens, but we said if he wanted to restrict benefits for medicaid to a u.s. citizens or legal residence we gave you the right to do that. our friends on the democratic side changed that verification program to basically self reformation. if you see that you're eligible, you are eligible. governor barbour, with one reform of medicaid that we should consider going back and giving states the right to actually verify citizenship before their extended medicaid...
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now they put u.s. children in there, and as far as nafta is concern, i wish they would amend that and not north american free trade, but north american free trade because the blue call lore american labor, the united states is not surviving here. we don't feed. we can't protect. we can't clothe our own. we need to take care of home and then share that family with the rest of the world, but we need to take care of home first. >> guest: well, thank you, and i appreciate your thoughtful comments. i visited the food banks in westchester county new york, and the numbers have just increased dramatically not just with people who are out of work, but people who are having low-paying jobs and can't afford to feed their family, and that's why i'm working so hard in the congress to focus on jobs, jobs, jobs. to me, this is what our prime responsibility is, and when the unemployment rate keeps climbing up, we have to focus on jobs, so i agree with you that putting people to work is uppermost. it's why i support th
now they put u.s. children in there, and as far as nafta is concern, i wish they would amend that and not north american free trade, but north american free trade because the blue call lore american labor, the united states is not surviving here. we don't feed. we can't protect. we can't clothe our own. we need to take care of home and then share that family with the rest of the world, but we need to take care of home first. >> guest: well, thank you, and i appreciate your thoughtful...
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several recent u.s. presidents have come from texas, several important national legislators have come from texas. >> what -- why did you want to write this book? what was the impetus to get you started? >> um, my impetus to get started on this book really was an interest in how we as a society decide who the good kids are and who the bad kids are and then what is to be done with them. and i initially began looking at popular churl and -- cultural and representation of youth, and be then i became dissatisfy with the that and decided i needed to look at real kids and real policies and institutions that effected them. >> so where does after all of your research, where do texas and other states go from here? have grow seen improvement -- have you seen improvement as you were writing the book? >> well, there's been a lot that's changed since i finished the book. as we sit here, the legislature is considering abolishing the agency that oversees juvenile justice in texas. several large facilities have been shut
several recent u.s. presidents have come from texas, several important national legislators have come from texas. >> what -- why did you want to write this book? what was the impetus to get you started? >> um, my impetus to get started on this book really was an interest in how we as a society decide who the good kids are and who the bad kids are and then what is to be done with them. and i initially began looking at popular churl and -- cultural and representation of youth, and be...
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under 1944 treaty, the u.s. gets 90% of the colorado's water and mexico gets 10%, and no water left over for the delta. as a result, the mighty colorado no longer flows to california. the delta that once covered 2 million acres is reduced to 10% of the original size, less than 1%, a tenth of a percent of the water that reached the delta reaches it today, and that water is by accident. it comes from incidental flows, mostly waste water that runs off the agriculture fields near yuma. as a long term drought in this region continues, we expect that agriculture and cities will become more efficient with their use of water. that's a good thing, but it's also a bad thing for the delta because as agriculture and cities become efficient, in other words, cutting down the waste water that is vie that to the delta. when groups and scientists realize what's happening, they began publicizing the importance of the delta as providing critical habitat to areas in this country and provided services to people in both countries. no
under 1944 treaty, the u.s. gets 90% of the colorado's water and mexico gets 10%, and no water left over for the delta. as a result, the mighty colorado no longer flows to california. the delta that once covered 2 million acres is reduced to 10% of the original size, less than 1%, a tenth of a percent of the water that reached the delta reaches it today, and that water is by accident. it comes from incidental flows, mostly waste water that runs off the agriculture fields near yuma. as a long...
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let me ask you about the u.s. visit program, because the last time you were before us, i asked you about that. i see that in the present budget, the program has been cut by 19%. of course, i'm very interested about this visa overstay issue, which has a lot of implications like with visa waiver programs and of course when we saw the 9/11 people, a lot of the terrorists overstayed their visa. my question is if we're cutting the moneys to visa -- to the visit program, how are we going to get this exit piece done with respect to the u.s. visit program? >> well, that again probably requires a longer answer than i have time right here, but let me just respectfully suggest that again, we'll provide you with some supplemental information, but a biometric exit program for a country like the united states where you have air, sea and huge land borders, is going to be extraordinarily expensive to accomplish. and our view is that at this point in time, that is something that we could better accomplish right now in terms of det
let me ask you about the u.s. visit program, because the last time you were before us, i asked you about that. i see that in the present budget, the program has been cut by 19%. of course, i'm very interested about this visa overstay issue, which has a lot of implications like with visa waiver programs and of course when we saw the 9/11 people, a lot of the terrorists overstayed their visa. my question is if we're cutting the moneys to visa -- to the visit program, how are we going to get this...
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several recent u.s. presidents have come from texas. several important national legislators have come from texas >> why did you want to write this book? what was the emphasis to get you started? >> mikey impetus to get started on this book really was an interest in how we as a society decided to the good kids are and who the bad kids are and then what is to be done with them. and i initially began looking at the popular culture and presentations of the u.s. and then i became dissatisfied with that and decided i needed to look at real kids and real policies and institutions that affected them. >> so after all of your research, where to texas and other states go from here? have you seen improvements since you've written the book or as you were writing the book? >> there's been a lot of change since i finished the book. the legislature is considering abolishing. several facilities have been shut down as i was finishing the book. lots of been sent back to their community and there is a movement to move away from being institutions again and
several recent u.s. presidents have come from texas. several important national legislators have come from texas >> why did you want to write this book? what was the emphasis to get you started? >> mikey impetus to get started on this book really was an interest in how we as a society decided to the good kids are and who the bad kids are and then what is to be done with them. and i initially began looking at the popular culture and presentations of the u.s. and then i became...
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but my real concern right now is with the u.s. congress vote about planned parenthood that they're going to just abolish planned parenthood. in 1990 as a low- 1980 as a low-income mother, that's where i went not to go for an abortion, but to go for a pregnancy test. and because i was such a high risk at 34, almost 5 and with many health problems, they're the ones that pointed me to the doctor who would work the best with me and get me through that difficult pregnancy. and it's an attack on women for them to say not only that we can't fund abortion, but that we can't even have any public funding for planned parenthood. because for my whole life, i'm 65, and i'm a retired teacher. planned parenthood has been a very important part of our society. i don't know what'll happen in the senate, but i wondered if either one of you had any idea what will happen with that in the senate? >> well, i think in the current senate -- let me backtrack for a minute and say we fought these same battles in the 1980s, and we won them. i believe we will
but my real concern right now is with the u.s. congress vote about planned parenthood that they're going to just abolish planned parenthood. in 1990 as a low- 1980 as a low-income mother, that's where i went not to go for an abortion, but to go for a pregnancy test. and because i was such a high risk at 34, almost 5 and with many health problems, they're the ones that pointed me to the doctor who would work the best with me and get me through that difficult pregnancy. and it's an attack on...
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china and taiwan fighting for control, and the u.s. as well. it was the u.s. stomping ground after the cold war. now hillary clinton, the area is really getting quite extreme. if you get countries disappearing, that well-balanced geopolitical passports starts to shift in ways we haven't considered and should be considering. >> global warming is the book, how environmental, economic and political crises -- >> booktv has 48 hours of nonfiction authors and book programming every weekend from saturday to monday morning at 8:00 eastern. to get the complete we can schedule the mailed to you every week signed up for the booktv alert on booktv.org. or text of the word book to 99702. standard message and data rates of 5. nonfiction authors and books every weekend on c-span2. >> local content vehicles traveling the country visiting cities and towns as we export our nation's history and some of the authors who touch the ball on it through work. this weekend on booktv we take you to downtown indianapolis for a look at the new kurt vonnegut memorial library. >> kurt vonneg
china and taiwan fighting for control, and the u.s. as well. it was the u.s. stomping ground after the cold war. now hillary clinton, the area is really getting quite extreme. if you get countries disappearing, that well-balanced geopolitical passports starts to shift in ways we haven't considered and should be considering. >> global warming is the book, how environmental, economic and political crises -- >> booktv has 48 hours of nonfiction authors and book programming every...
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for the u.s. military to properly carry out its mission and maintain readiness and prepare for the future. which brings me to the proposed $70 billion reduction in the defense budget toplines over the next five years. to begin with, this cut is to the rate of the predict growth. the size of the defense budget is still protect did and projected to increase in real inflation adjusted dollars before eventually flattening out of this time. or significantly, efficiencies, reforms that we've undertaken over the past year have made it possible for the department to absorb lower projected growth in the defense budget without sacrificing real military capability. in fact, the savings identified by the services have allowed our military to add some $70 billion to her priority needs a new capabilities. of the $78 billion in proposed reductions to the five-year defense plan, only 10 billion is direct related to military combat capability. for billion of that comes from restructuring the joint strike fighter p
for the u.s. military to properly carry out its mission and maintain readiness and prepare for the future. which brings me to the proposed $70 billion reduction in the defense budget toplines over the next five years. to begin with, this cut is to the rate of the predict growth. the size of the defense budget is still protect did and projected to increase in real inflation adjusted dollars before eventually flattening out of this time. or significantly, efficiencies, reforms that we've...
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particular airport screening technology that the tsa has adopted and now hopes to widely deploy in u.s. airports, and that is the body scanner technology. we became aware of this technology almost six years ago. we followed it at the very beginning the concerns raised about the privacy impact, about the health impacts, and also w4r the technology would be effective. we were cautious at the outset, and we wouldn't make any strong statements until we obtained more facts to understand how the technology would be used, so it began a series of freedom of information act requests. we were trying to understand the tech technical specifications, the protocols, contracts arranged with the venders, and we began to work with expert organizations, civil rights groups, groups across the political spectrum, and groups in the travel industry. as we became aware of the concerns raised, we've joined with the organizations and submitted a petition to secretary that poll tan know in the spring of 2009 shortly after we learned of the tsa's plan to make these body scanners the primary screening technique i
particular airport screening technology that the tsa has adopted and now hopes to widely deploy in u.s. airports, and that is the body scanner technology. we became aware of this technology almost six years ago. we followed it at the very beginning the concerns raised about the privacy impact, about the health impacts, and also w4r the technology would be effective. we were cautious at the outset, and we wouldn't make any strong statements until we obtained more facts to understand how the...
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do you agree with the gao's assessment of the u.s. government take of oil and bass revenue -- gas revenue compared to other countries, and can you give us a feel for the kind of revenue loss that the taxpayers are bearing? and can we rectify that? >> very good question. and, actually, we are working very closely with blm on the government take issue. in fact, they have a study ongoing right now that we are a part of. i think when we get the results of that study, i think we'll all be ready to do what we need to do to implement it. but until that study is done, i don't think we're in a position to, uni, know -- you know, what type of revenue structure is the best. >> mr. gould, before you move it over to mr. bromwich -- >> [inaudible] >> how long have you been working in the area of natural resources revenue for the interior department, mr. gould? is. >> for 29 years. >> for 29 years. and so we get a gao assessment that there are, that you're on the highest risk list for waste, fraud and abuse that our, the share of the taxpayers' reve
do you agree with the gao's assessment of the u.s. government take of oil and bass revenue -- gas revenue compared to other countries, and can you give us a feel for the kind of revenue loss that the taxpayers are bearing? and can we rectify that? >> very good question. and, actually, we are working very closely with blm on the government take issue. in fact, they have a study ongoing right now that we are a part of. i think when we get the results of that study, i think we'll all be...
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focus from the u.s. forces in the u.s. experts as well. so i think there'll be a price for those after the event. after the session, we'll be here to answer any specific questions on that as my american colleague, doug schilling in the back of the room now. i'd also like to thank our cosponsors. the navy league is a nonprofit organization with more than 50,000 members spread across 250 councils worldwide. since its founding in 1992, maybe the commission has been to educate the american people and leaders with the powder to a -- and to support the sea services. every much appreciate the full support today. i appreciate dan branch of the national executive director for their contributions for helping pull this together. but now for the core of today's event. the united nations estimates that the indian ocean piracy cost between five and $7 billion annually and though there are only a few attacks to make the news, they still occur on the basis with deaths of four american hostages. they are increasingly resilient, bold and at that give him a
focus from the u.s. forces in the u.s. experts as well. so i think there'll be a price for those after the event. after the session, we'll be here to answer any specific questions on that as my american colleague, doug schilling in the back of the room now. i'd also like to thank our cosponsors. the navy league is a nonprofit organization with more than 50,000 members spread across 250 councils worldwide. since its founding in 1992, maybe the commission has been to educate the american people...
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recent u.s. presidents have come from texas and national legislators come from texas. >> host: why did you want to write to this but? what was the impetus to get you started? mike of the test was an interest in how we as a
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because if the u.s. is warning its oil reserves faster than any other nation and it is largely opec countries that are burning through their reserves at a much, much slower rate than we are, that means they will have more and more leverage than we will in future years. if we have 2% of the reserves, he 11% of the production now and 25% of the consumption. am i describing that accurately? please, mr. newell. >> opec countries currently provide about 40% of the global oil liquid supply and old non-opec about 60%. we and most other analysts i've seen expect the share will increase over time because the vast majority of reserves of oil are located in the opec countries. >> and because we are burning through our reserves considerably faster than they are so we will have a smaller and smaller share even if some of these larger possibly economically recoverable by some stretch of the imagination are out there is that correct? >> you can shortly after. >> the time of the gentleman has expired. and if you would l
because if the u.s. is warning its oil reserves faster than any other nation and it is largely opec countries that are burning through their reserves at a much, much slower rate than we are, that means they will have more and more leverage than we will in future years. if we have 2% of the reserves, he 11% of the production now and 25% of the consumption. am i describing that accurately? please, mr. newell. >> opec countries currently provide about 40% of the global oil liquid supply and...
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week's earthquake and tsunami in japan tomorrow we will bring a couple of congressional hearings on u.s. preparedness through a natural disaster. the director of the now a hearing on airport security and body imaging technology. the house oversight subcommittee on national security examines security, health and privacy concerns with body imaging technology in airports. we will hear from scientists consider security researchers and tsa officials at the hearing that runs just under four hours. some of the committee will come to order. thank everybody for being here as we tackle this important subject. i would like to begin by stating the oversight commission statement. we exist to secure from the middle principles first americans have the right to know the money washington takes from them is well spent and second, americans deserve an efficient government that works for them and in the oversight government reform committee is to protect these rights. our solemn response of these to hold the government accountable to the taxpayers because they have a right to know what they get from their
week's earthquake and tsunami in japan tomorrow we will bring a couple of congressional hearings on u.s. preparedness through a natural disaster. the director of the now a hearing on airport security and body imaging technology. the house oversight subcommittee on national security examines security, health and privacy concerns with body imaging technology in airports. we will hear from scientists consider security researchers and tsa officials at the hearing that runs just under four hours....
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get into, that point being that migration from latin america isn't just about undocumented people in u.s. cities. it has profound effects south of the worder also, and that came through loud and clear in your books. how did you become aware ofno's that, and why did you decide tot broaden the context of yourbroa stories to include what's goingg on south of the border also? >> the first trip i went down to mexico to study spanish for three months, you know? i ended up staying for tenfor years. i went down there, my spanish was okay, but it wasn't goodgh enough to be a reporter. along the way a guy -- a friend of mine from the town of stockton where i'd been a crime reporter for several years invited me to go to his town'sws annual fiesta. and as it turned out, everybody in that town was either living in stockton or chicago or indianapolis or dallas, i believe, those cities. or l.a. as well. and so that first week i wandered around, and it was there that i just understood that, began to understand, i should say, it began a kind of a ten-year trek through the immigrantville annals of mexico
get into, that point being that migration from latin america isn't just about undocumented people in u.s. cities. it has profound effects south of the worder also, and that came through loud and clear in your books. how did you become aware ofno's that, and why did you decide tot broaden the context of yourbroa stories to include what's goingg on south of the border also? >> the first trip i went down to mexico to study spanish for three months, you know? i ended up staying for tenfor...
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what can the u.s. do to ensure that civil society representatives are full and equal participants through the process? >> i welcome your question. let me just say it is very important to every that we are trying to do that the institutions understand that you are paying attention to and you care about this, and you will hold them to the highest possible standards that's necessary for us if we have any chance at being effective. now the president of the world bank, bob zoellick, has done a very effective job across the board making sure the bank is better at not just measuring results, providing transparency, battling corruption, but in the specific case that you mentioned, making sure that through inspection panels under means that where you have large programs that have big impact on citizens on the ground in these countries, there's a chance for feedback and input as they shape the design ahead of the approval by the board. i'd be happy to have my colleagues provide you more detail in writing. of cou
what can the u.s. do to ensure that civil society representatives are full and equal participants through the process? >> i welcome your question. let me just say it is very important to every that we are trying to do that the institutions understand that you are paying attention to and you care about this, and you will hold them to the highest possible standards that's necessary for us if we have any chance at being effective. now the president of the world bank, bob zoellick, has done a...
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u.s. law as a human rights abuser in iran. mr. mashaei's visit will come just four days after the united nations secretary-general released an interim report on human rights in iran. the report states -- quote -- "the human rights situation in iran has been marked by intensified crackdowns on human rights defenders. women's rights activists, journalists and government opponents. concerns about torture, arbitrary detentions and unfair trials continue to be raised by u.n. human rights mechanisms. additionally, they said discrimination persisted against minority groups, and in some cases amounting to persecution. they said a worrying trend is the increased number of cases in which political prisoners are accused of mohavrit. that is, amnity against god, an offense which under their law is punishable by death. at least 22 people charged with the mohavrit have been executed since january, 2010, underthey are man's administration. journalists, bloggers, human rights defenders and lawyers continu
u.s. law as a human rights abuser in iran. mr. mashaei's visit will come just four days after the united nations secretary-general released an interim report on human rights in iran. the report states -- quote -- "the human rights situation in iran has been marked by intensified crackdowns on human rights defenders. women's rights activists, journalists and government opponents. concerns about torture, arbitrary detentions and unfair trials continue to be raised by u.n. human rights...
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all u.s. reactor have the spent pool cool fueled by fewer and less reviable systems than are provided for the react you're complete at all u.s. reactors it's housed in less robust containment than the reactor core. more radiated fuel that's less will protected and less well defended is a an undo hazard. upgrade the guidelines how to address an emergency and how to address an emergency and provide operator training for spent fuel pool problems. currently the u.s. spent fuel strategy is to nearly fill the pools to capacity, and then transfer fuel into dry cask storage. this keeps the spent fuel pools to capacity, maintaining the risk as high as possibly achievable. a better strategy would be to reduce the pools to only the fuel discharged in the last five years. that generates lower heat loads which gives worker more time to restore cool organize the water inventory in the spent fuel pool, and if irradiated pool did become damaged, the radio active cloud would be smaller. following the accident
all u.s. reactor have the spent pool cool fueled by fewer and less reviable systems than are provided for the react you're complete at all u.s. reactors it's housed in less robust containment than the reactor core. more radiated fuel that's less will protected and less well defended is a an undo hazard. upgrade the guidelines how to address an emergency and how to address an emergency and provide operator training for spent fuel pool problems. currently the u.s. spent fuel strategy is to nearly...
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when it was issued by the u.s. army corps of engineers not with the concurrence of epa and, in fact, without taking into account significant comments made by epa, it was litigated. and in the course of that litigation, epa was asked to determine whether or not to -- excuse me, epa had to determine, we were not asked to, we had to determine whether or not we would stand behind a permit that we did not degree -- not agree with. instead we chose to use the veto authority under the clean water and air act. >> the permit issued by the corps, had approval of epa. >> no, sir, the epa commented on several versions of the permit discussions. i know the permit applicant has said over and over again that we approve. we did not. our comments were taken. many of them were not addressed. and the final permit issued by the corps in our opinion was not protective of public health, not protective of the water quality, not consistent with the language of the clean water act. i do admit that is being litigated still. >> i don't guess
when it was issued by the u.s. army corps of engineers not with the concurrence of epa and, in fact, without taking into account significant comments made by epa, it was litigated. and in the course of that litigation, epa was asked to determine whether or not to -- excuse me, epa had to determine, we were not asked to, we had to determine whether or not we would stand behind a permit that we did not degree -- not agree with. instead we chose to use the veto authority under the clean water and...
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it is my understanding that if the u.s. government reaches monetary settlements with banks, the funds would go to the u.s. treasury. that is how -- a very standard process over the course of our nation's history. it would not be legally permissible for the hud or cfpb or any other regulator to resolve these matters by having fun is directed to any other place then back to the taxpayers. to allocate some funds, which you need to come back to congress for authorization to spend? -- would you need to come back to congress for authorization to spend them? >> congressman, we are not involved, we are not negotiating with anyone at the consumer agency. this is a law enforcement matter. it is headed by the department of justice and their financial fraud enforcement task force. >> you are not engaged in these discussions? >> negotiating -- >> reclaiming my time. are you engaged in these discussions? >> negotiations with private parties are entirely directed by the department of justice, by the state attorneys general, by other feder
it is my understanding that if the u.s. government reaches monetary settlements with banks, the funds would go to the u.s. treasury. that is how -- a very standard process over the course of our nation's history. it would not be legally permissible for the hud or cfpb or any other regulator to resolve these matters by having fun is directed to any other place then back to the taxpayers. to allocate some funds, which you need to come back to congress for authorization to spend? -- would you need...
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we have about 13,000 total clients and in the u.s. we bank about 50% of any company in the u.s. that has received a round of venture capital financing and we bank more than 50% of all the venture capital firms in the u.s. and to karen's point we do have offices all over the u.s., 26 offices. anywhere where you would think there would be a high tech center and invocation center in the u.s. so to answer your question specifically, i would say first you have to break down the market into what i would call three segments. and i thought you did at the beginning this morning -- did a good job of breaking it down into two segments. i would add a third. so if you take main street america -- the startups, the businesses, the dry cleaners and all the traditional businesses, that's one segment. another segment is the innovation sector. but i think you should break the sector one -- in one more way. you should stratify that in two parts. one is growth and then extremely high growth companies. just real quick stat on venture-backed companies, venture capitalists have invested in companies ma
we have about 13,000 total clients and in the u.s. we bank about 50% of any company in the u.s. that has received a round of venture capital financing and we bank more than 50% of all the venture capital firms in the u.s. and to karen's point we do have offices all over the u.s., 26 offices. anywhere where you would think there would be a high tech center and invocation center in the u.s. so to answer your question specifically, i would say first you have to break down the market into what i...
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it goes on to say -- quote -- "the u.s. officials must act quickly to control government deficits or face slower growth or even more difficult choices in the future. the international monetary fund said thursday in a report criticizing the tepid u.s. response to the rising debt. admiral mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, i believe that our debt is the greatest threat to our national security. close quote. secretary hillary clinton, secretary of state in the obama administration, quote, skater hillary clinton weighted into the debate calling the deficit a measure of weakness internationally. quote, clinton says the deficit is a national security threat. it was 1.3 when she said that. the deficit now is 1.3-plus. secretary geithner, as i indicated, said the same. mr. president, we've had a debate. we've had ten democrats. the effect from the democratic bill that did nothing saying we needed to go further. two republicans defected, one independent defected probably thought it was cutting too much. but the majority
it goes on to say -- quote -- "the u.s. officials must act quickly to control government deficits or face slower growth or even more difficult choices in the future. the international monetary fund said thursday in a report criticizing the tepid u.s. response to the rising debt. admiral mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, i believe that our debt is the greatest threat to our national security. close quote. secretary hillary clinton, secretary of state in the obama...
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he is also the u.s. national single point of contact began a endorsed beyond the international astronomy 2009. so he has international experience and he did work in tucson for a long time at the national observatory. but he has now moved onto the on to the jet propulsion lab and he is helping i believe -- inform the public about the radioactive sources that are going to be on the next mission. so we will certainly want to hear about that. he has a degree in astronomical astronomical -- astronautical excuse me journalism from the university of illinois urbana and without further ado, doug isbell. >> good afternoon. thank you. [applause] it is a pleasure to be here. as peter said i've lived here for about eight years and i really enjoy being back here. i was outside for about an hour and a already feel like i am sunburned. it is always a fun aspect of tucson. wear your where you wear your hat and i forgot my hat. i want to tell you about her book which is peter said is -- 2009. it is a paperback book from
he is also the u.s. national single point of contact began a endorsed beyond the international astronomy 2009. so he has international experience and he did work in tucson for a long time at the national observatory. but he has now moved onto the on to the jet propulsion lab and he is helping i believe -- inform the public about the radioactive sources that are going to be on the next mission. so we will certainly want to hear about that. he has a degree in astronomical astronomical --...
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senior u.s. of quotient -- officials say quote my gender issues will have to say a bat succeed there's no way we can be successful if we maintain every special interest and pet project. i know you pretty well. this is quite frankly unacceptable and any progress we have made with regard to women's rights will be quicklyn s kl rolled bak buy the karzai government and others if we do not continue to emphasize the importance of genderadvo equality per or have been a strong advocate for women's rights and i know that you have. i don't think we can stand by let the administration will back off the critical work we have done in afghanistan. t is this report accurate? if so what is the justification? >> it is not accurate and i am trying to find out who's beneficial is because that is not the policy. we believe strongly that women and girls are essential to building democracy and security. what we have done is to develop the civilian assistant strategy for afghan women and current a providing more suppor
senior u.s. of quotient -- officials say quote my gender issues will have to say a bat succeed there's no way we can be successful if we maintain every special interest and pet project. i know you pretty well. this is quite frankly unacceptable and any progress we have made with regard to women's rights will be quicklyn s kl rolled bak buy the karzai government and others if we do not continue to emphasize the importance of genderadvo equality per or have been a strong advocate for women's...
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vanderbilt went outside the u.s. market, borrowed money, brought back his own stock and reduced prices, bought back the walk woodstock, bankrupt and an opponent, profited in the stock market, get control of the major river in needed, and now he had to do was help cause a major financial panic. such was his power that he was able to go in and then stop the panic by personally showing up on wall street and san, you know, buying shares of stock visibly. one broker said i knew it. the old brad never deserts his friends, which is kind of that ambivalence. very much the way the people fought and. he heard a lot of people in carrying out his operation. he would compete against a rival and drive them out of business. at the same time he ended up creating an integrated, very efficient, low-cost railroad network. so you see in vanderbilt's life the destructive consequences of these business conflicts often on innocent people, innocent shareholders who bought stock because it thought it was a good investment. at the same time t
vanderbilt went outside the u.s. market, borrowed money, brought back his own stock and reduced prices, bought back the walk woodstock, bankrupt and an opponent, profited in the stock market, get control of the major river in needed, and now he had to do was help cause a major financial panic. such was his power that he was able to go in and then stop the panic by personally showing up on wall street and san, you know, buying shares of stock visibly. one broker said i knew it. the old brad...
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the honorable arne duncan the current u.s. secretary of honee current secretary of education. prior, he served as chief executive officer of the chicago public schools from june, 2001, to december, 2008, becoming the longest serving big city education superintendent in the country. congratulations to you, sir. as ceo mr. duncan was widely credited for pursuing an aggressive agenda that included opening more than a hundred new schools, expanding after school and learning programs, and closing down under performing schools. and it goes on and on but i think every member of the committee knows this. let me just say, mr. secretary, you are now recognized and welcomed again. >> thank you so much for this opportunity to come before you again and talk about president obama's education agenda. last week i spoke before the senate budget committee and emphasized our administration's dual commitments to reduce spending and are more efficient while investing in education to secure our future. these investments spanned every grade from early learning to pell grants and they are reflected i
the honorable arne duncan the current u.s. secretary of honee current secretary of education. prior, he served as chief executive officer of the chicago public schools from june, 2001, to december, 2008, becoming the longest serving big city education superintendent in the country. congratulations to you, sir. as ceo mr. duncan was widely credited for pursuing an aggressive agenda that included opening more than a hundred new schools, expanding after school and learning programs, and closing...
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what is his u.s. military intervention is realistic in what specific kind of options or you can do during. could you describe for example the possibility of the no-fly zone or trouble for us this? >> well, first of all, i have direct did several navy ships. uss kearsarge and the ponce will be entering the mediterranean shortly and will provide us a capability for both emergency evacuations and also for humanitarian relief. about 1400 marines from the kearsarge are serving in afghanistan and the uighurs ending about 400 marines from the u.s. that will be in support of the kearsarge commission. so those are the actions that we have taken at point. we're obviously looking at a lot of options and can change in these. no decisions have been made on any of their actions. i would note the u.n. security council resolution provides no authorization for the use of armed force. there is no unanimity within nato for the use of armed force and the kinds of options that have been talked about in the brass and elsew
what is his u.s. military intervention is realistic in what specific kind of options or you can do during. could you describe for example the possibility of the no-fly zone or trouble for us this? >> well, first of all, i have direct did several navy ships. uss kearsarge and the ponce will be entering the mediterranean shortly and will provide us a capability for both emergency evacuations and also for humanitarian relief. about 1400 marines from the kearsarge are serving in afghanistan...
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if there's a u.s. involvement or component in the no-fly zone will the take the necessary assets away from afghanistan and this question asks how will it in the in libya? so i would place them before you? >> i'm tempted to defer all of that to the commander of u.s. african demand and some others. i would note on the first one there has been no taking of assets from afghanistan and i've heard absolutely nothing about that whatsoever. secretary gates was clear on the enormous capabilities that we have in our military. by the way, we are now getting to the one year deployed, so the 12 - as well with our service and that is a function of not just having drawn down our forces in iraq although that is the biggest we are down from 165 at the peak to somewhere in the high forties. but also of course the increase of the forces, the restructuring and the development of the more of the so-called high demand low density forces and special operations command the and intelligence communities and so on so there has b
if there's a u.s. involvement or component in the no-fly zone will the take the necessary assets away from afghanistan and this question asks how will it in the in libya? so i would place them before you? >> i'm tempted to defer all of that to the commander of u.s. african demand and some others. i would note on the first one there has been no taking of assets from afghanistan and i've heard absolutely nothing about that whatsoever. secretary gates was clear on the enormous capabilities...
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focus from the u.s. forces and u.s. exports as well. after the session, we'll be here to answer specific questions ase mike american colleague whoseern faith in connecticut at the back of the room there.the room w. i'd also like to thank our cosponsors for today's press briefing. the navy league is are t not-for-profit organization witr more than 50,000 members spread across 250ead councils worldwid. since its founding in 1982, the navy league's mission has beeni to educate the american peopleei and their leaders about the importance of sea power to a maritime nation and also to support the men and women of the usc services.ea ser i very much appreciate theiri full support to data back to recognize specifically the national dam breaches the national direct to for theirectr contributions to helping put this together together. but now for the core of today's event. the united nations estimates that the indian ocean piracy cost between five and $7 billion annually and though there are only a few attacks to make the news, they still occur o
focus from the u.s. forces and u.s. exports as well. after the session, we'll be here to answer specific questions ase mike american colleague whoseern faith in connecticut at the back of the room there.the room w. i'd also like to thank our cosponsors for today's press briefing. the navy league is are t not-for-profit organization witr more than 50,000 members spread across 250ead councils worldwid. since its founding in 1982, the navy league's mission has beeni to educate the american...
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recent u.s. presidents have come from texas and national legislators come from texas. >> host: why did you want to write to this but? what was the impetus to get you started? mike of the test was an interest in how we as a society we decide to the good kids are and the bad kids and what is to be done with them and i initially began looking at popular culture and representation of youth then i became dissatisfied with at and decided i needed to look at the real kids and policies and institutions that affected them. >> host: after all of your research where did they go from here? there's a lot that has changed as we sit here the legislature is considering abolishing the agency that oversees juvenile justice several were shut down as i was finishing the book. a lot of kids have been sent back to their communities and there is a movement away from institutions and to community-based facilities. that is being driven by the budget crisis affecting many states across the country including texas that has
recent u.s. presidents have come from texas and national legislators come from texas. >> host: why did you want to write to this but? what was the impetus to get you started? mike of the test was an interest in how we as a society we decide to the good kids are and the bad kids and what is to be done with them and i initially began looking at popular culture and representation of youth then i became dissatisfied with at and decided i needed to look at the real kids and policies and...
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also, u.s. aid does similar funds. can you provide us with how much has been spent on cultural preservation that both the state and u.s. aid and most importantly, why does the administration think we should continue to fund projects like this? is this a program would be willing to give up for the higher national security priorities? >> madame chairwoman, over a ten year period since 2001, the ambassadors cultural fund has provided $1,179,684 to 29 projects. mostly archaeological sites including churches, mosques and synagogues. what we have used that for, but ambassadors have used that for is to illustrate to countries respect for their culture, the history, the religion, and we think it's been a good tool but obviously this is an area where we like to give some discretion to our ambassadors so that they are able to do things that can make people feel good about america but obviously we would be more than willing to talk to you about it. >> thank you. one other concern that cannot in the "washington post" that has to d
also, u.s. aid does similar funds. can you provide us with how much has been spent on cultural preservation that both the state and u.s. aid and most importantly, why does the administration think we should continue to fund projects like this? is this a program would be willing to give up for the higher national security priorities? >> madame chairwoman, over a ten year period since 2001, the ambassadors cultural fund has provided $1,179,684 to 29 projects. mostly archaeological sites...
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technology and the assistant administrator operations transportation security administration coming u.s. department of homeland security be admitted to the record. >> i don't have the chair, but i do think that since i have chosen not to appear today today when they get here that we would submit that to the record and we would also add that time have the opportunity to examine and question the witnesses based on the submission of the testimony so i will continue to object to the submission of their testimony at this time. >> mr. chairman, i, too would reserve the intention is that to be placed at a time in which the witnesses can be made available, and i look forward to that opportunity and yelled back. >> if i may speak to the objection. i think that we all understand we want them to come back and testify. that is a given and i don't think anybody objects they will be back and testify. it was one of the unique circumstances the ended up not being here and the circulated by e-mail to all the members. i think it's helpful for us in questioning it today we are going to ask a question to r
technology and the assistant administrator operations transportation security administration coming u.s. department of homeland security be admitted to the record. >> i don't have the chair, but i do think that since i have chosen not to appear today today when they get here that we would submit that to the record and we would also add that time have the opportunity to examine and question the witnesses based on the submission of the testimony so i will continue to object to the...
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everybody in the u.s. has this stuff. well, not everybody but most everybody it's the rest of the world where this is a dramatic revolution. and so here are global numbers, and these numbers are important because i'm also going to talk about the problems. i was told to be positive, but there are some dark clouds on the horizon. if you look at this, it took about 125 years on the planet to get to 20 telephones per 100 people. that meant approximately 80% of the people on the planet didn't have a telephone. it took only 15 years to get the 75% of the people that have a cell phone. that's the revolution. everybody else can talk to everybody else. the second part of the revolution we heard about is broadband because it's not only voice but its video and data and that is important. and you will observe that there are more people on the planet with a broadband connection than a telephone. that is a remarkable revolution. but remember, we are still down here at 20% or 20 per 100. the question is we cannot wait a century for the
everybody in the u.s. has this stuff. well, not everybody but most everybody it's the rest of the world where this is a dramatic revolution. and so here are global numbers, and these numbers are important because i'm also going to talk about the problems. i was told to be positive, but there are some dark clouds on the horizon. if you look at this, it took about 125 years on the planet to get to 20 telephones per 100 people. that meant approximately 80% of the people on the planet didn't have a...
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the u.s. special forces and elements of the and community of shared information and have worked exceptionally well together war zones to combat and disrupt terrorist groups such as al qaeda in iraq and the taliban and afghanistan and that wouldn't happen without information sharing. here at home we have used it to enhance the role of state and local, trouble sector entities in our fight against terrorists and those efforts have paid off most recently in the case of the chemical supply company in north carolina that he looted the fbi to suspicious purchases by a saudi arabian student in texas who turned out to be building in protest explosive devices, so we need to fix what is broken without going backwards. today i look forward to hearing from each of the witnesses on with your planning to do to improve the security of the networks and information while still ensuring that information is shared effectively in the interest of the nation's security. i would also like to hear how the congress can
the u.s. special forces and elements of the and community of shared information and have worked exceptionally well together war zones to combat and disrupt terrorist groups such as al qaeda in iraq and the taliban and afghanistan and that wouldn't happen without information sharing. here at home we have used it to enhance the role of state and local, trouble sector entities in our fight against terrorists and those efforts have paid off most recently in the case of the chemical supply company...
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while u.s./pakistan military cooperation has ill proved in some respects -- has improved in some respects, the pakistani army has not yet gone after the sanctuaries for the haqqani network in north waziristan or the afghan taliban in pakistan. over the past month the status quo in the centcom aor has changed dramatically, and this change appears to be ongoing. the protests in egypt, bahrain, jordan, yemen and other countries are examples of what president obama has correctly called a, quote, hunger for freedom. many in the middle east have been denied their democratic and human rights for too long, and can the past month is a clear demonstration of the people there demanding those rights. the united states needs to make constantly clear it supports those seeking to exercise their fundamental rights in the middle east and around the world. the committee looks forward to hearing from general mat he's on his a-- mattis on his assessment and views on these protest movements, how our security, how ou
while u.s./pakistan military cooperation has ill proved in some respects -- has improved in some respects, the pakistani army has not yet gone after the sanctuaries for the haqqani network in north waziristan or the afghan taliban in pakistan. over the past month the status quo in the centcom aor has changed dramatically, and this change appears to be ongoing. the protests in egypt, bahrain, jordan, yemen and other countries are examples of what president obama has correctly called a, quote,...
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now we started a partnership with the u.s. chamber. we did phase one in july of last year in 14 states, where for the first timer state direct heirs are being invited to address rooms full of employers, 100, 200, 300 at a time in about 45 days we reached 1500 employers last year. how long would it have normally taken to do that same thing? now, but they speak to this week, we will face when the pilot, whether it be worked on the top 100 chambers of commerce in the nation were launching this is thursday in chicago. i believe bob will be there representing you well. we have over 100 employers confirmed to come in higher veterans. there's a waiting list for them to get in the door. we have over 500 veterans confirmed. [applause] retail and employers, you come to higher on the spot. this is a hiring fair and this is the first. we are indeed be found with the other 99 top chambers in the nation. this is phase two. we're going to ask for your help as we do to make hiring affairs to get the word out. jo sharp was very helpful to help us get t
now we started a partnership with the u.s. chamber. we did phase one in july of last year in 14 states, where for the first timer state direct heirs are being invited to address rooms full of employers, 100, 200, 300 at a time in about 45 days we reached 1500 employers last year. how long would it have normally taken to do that same thing? now, but they speak to this week, we will face when the pilot, whether it be worked on the top 100 chambers of commerce in the nation were launching this is...
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u.s. dollar. and until you do that, we will not get a strong recovery. other opinion pieces. alan greenspan writing that the dodd/frank law fails to meet the test of our time. that is alan greenspan today writing in "the financial times." arofsky has a piece in "the wall street journal." guest: on the dodd/frank bill, unfortunately in the name of preventing too big to fail, it codifies too big to fail, but which is why the large institutions are borrowing at a much lower cost than it would if they did not have dodd/frank. that is another thing that has to be revisited. it is very destructive, especially for community banks and smaller banks. in terms of the housing markets, the government has gone in the way of a recovery of the housing market. we should be on the up turn now. the american people need 1.5 million new houses per year because of population increases, and because of wear and tear on old houses. we're building a fraction of that today, and most of them are rentals. i think by
u.s. dollar. and until you do that, we will not get a strong recovery. other opinion pieces. alan greenspan writing that the dodd/frank law fails to meet the test of our time. that is alan greenspan today writing in "the financial times." arofsky has a piece in "the wall street journal." guest: on the dodd/frank bill, unfortunately in the name of preventing too big to fail, it codifies too big to fail, but which is why the large institutions are borrowing at a much lower...
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according to the u.s. chamber of commerce, the sbir program serves as an important avenue by which agencies harness the creativity and ingenuity of small business to meet specific research and development needs of the federal government. and might i say, that they may be needs of the federal government, like we need a way to cool our tanks in afghanistan and iraq because our tanks are operating in temperatures that are excessive. that was a real need of the defense department. they sent out basically an s.o.s., can anybody come up with a better way? we will, not only did we come up with a better way in a radiator out of technology that we actually developed in louisiana, but, mr. president, as you know, these technologies don't stay in the department of defense. once they go out to be used in our tanks helping keep our war fighters safe, helping keep our war fighters save and helping win the wars we send hem to fitted, this technology can be deployed in the racing car industry or in detroit or in some of o
according to the u.s. chamber of commerce, the sbir program serves as an important avenue by which agencies harness the creativity and ingenuity of small business to meet specific research and development needs of the federal government. and might i say, that they may be needs of the federal government, like we need a way to cool our tanks in afghanistan and iraq because our tanks are operating in temperatures that are excessive. that was a real need of the defense department. they sent out...
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u.s. military operations in the pacific region. then former reserve charm alan greenspan discusses the economy. later, federal officials discuss plans to build high speed rail. >> a house subcommittee today looked at u.s. military capability in the pacific region. among the topics, china's rapid modernization and the moving the u.s. marine corp. facilities and operations from the japanese island to guam. witnesses including officials from the pentagon, u.s. officials, and the navy. this is just over an hour and a half. >> good afternoon, and we're calling this meeting of the readiness subcommittee to order. several of my members will be coming in in a few minutes, so just to let the witnesses know, they are in other meetings right now in subcommittees that are overlapping, and also, we expect to have a vote probably at about 2:30, so we may break briefly and go to that vote. we want to welcome our witnesses here. we think this is going to be a crucial hearing for us on our readiness in the
u.s. military operations in the pacific region. then former reserve charm alan greenspan discusses the economy. later, federal officials discuss plans to build high speed rail. >> a house subcommittee today looked at u.s. military capability in the pacific region. among the topics, china's rapid modernization and the moving the u.s. marine corp. facilities and operations from the japanese island to guam. witnesses including officials from the pentagon, u.s. officials, and the navy. this...
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the congressional budget office projects that medicare spending will nearly double as a share of u.s. economy over the next 25 years. by 2050, the big three, federal entitlement programs, medicare, medicaid and social security are projected to exceed total tax revenue with medicare being the largest of the three. we cannot bring about a fiscally sustainable future if these trends continue. medpac's analysis is invaluable in helping us better understand when growth in medicare spending is appropriate and when medicare payments need to be adjusted. last year congress passed a massive health care overhaul law that permanently reduces medicare payments to a number of providers. less than 3% of the more than -1/2 trillion dollars in cuts from medicare came from actual delivery reform. we must do better than that. which is why we also rely on med pack's june report to congress they guide us toward proposals that offer real reform instead of just turning payment dials up or down. this will help ensure that medicare savings yield better outcomes for medicare's beneficiaries. i think i speak f
the congressional budget office projects that medicare spending will nearly double as a share of u.s. economy over the next 25 years. by 2050, the big three, federal entitlement programs, medicare, medicaid and social security are projected to exceed total tax revenue with medicare being the largest of the three. we cannot bring about a fiscally sustainable future if these trends continue. medpac's analysis is invaluable in helping us better understand when growth in medicare spending is...
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the u.s. senate about to gavel in to start the day. first up morning business, speeches on any topic and they will speak for 90 minutes or so before getting to legislative work. at 11:00 this morning, lawmakers will vote on the short-term government spending bill approved by the house last night. that measure would fund the federal government for another two weeks and proposes about $4 billion in cuts. after that, more debate on a patent overhaul bill, antiamendments -- amendments are expected throughout the day. we go live on c-span2. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: lord god of the nations, your word declares: "righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people." may our lawmakers and the citizens of this great land strive to please you through right living and submission to your will. help us to flee from the dead-end path of transgression that leads to national ruin. enable us to turn from thought, words, and deeds that
the u.s. senate about to gavel in to start the day. first up morning business, speeches on any topic and they will speak for 90 minutes or so before getting to legislative work. at 11:00 this morning, lawmakers will vote on the short-term government spending bill approved by the house last night. that measure would fund the federal government for another two weeks and proposes about $4 billion in cuts. after that, more debate on a patent overhaul bill, antiamendments -- amendments are expected...